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A review by layla87
Eryx: A Spartan Tale by Jaclyn Osborn
5.0
4.75 stars
Ugh it was worth the tears to reread Eryx's POV!
It's been years since I read Axios and I still cried in the end.
It's not a spoiler that this book, and Axios, don't have an HEA.
Both our MCs die in the end...
But to follow their relationship from the moment they met as kids and growing up with them as their feelings shift from friends and comrades to lovers and soulmates is as epic as their love story.
More than 16 years of them together, training, hurting, in love and besotted.
This book is an experience and it's hard to read while simultaneously be unputdownable.
I know that some may not like to read it because it's an almost exact replica of Axios, but the ending of this one made all the difference for me. they both still die... but we get a glimpse of more. Their afterlife and how life moved on after their death... It was beautiful.
Now as for Adam Stubbs' narration... All I can say is that it was PHENOMENAL.
The tones, voices, inflections, emotions... Wow! What a performance that was. He raised this book to a higher level for sure.
The only reason I shaved off a quarter of a star was Axios and the King's relationship. For me, the effect the king had on Axios was too much and not really understandable.
Ugh it was worth the tears to reread Eryx's POV!
It's been years since I read Axios and I still cried in the end.
It's not a spoiler that this book, and Axios, don't have an HEA.
Both our MCs die in the end...
But to follow their relationship from the moment they met as kids and growing up with them as their feelings shift from friends and comrades to lovers and soulmates is as epic as their love story.
More than 16 years of them together, training, hurting, in love and besotted.
This book is an experience and it's hard to read while simultaneously be unputdownable.
I know that some may not like to read it because it's an almost exact replica of Axios, but the ending of this one made all the difference for me. they both still die... but we get a glimpse of more. Their afterlife and how life moved on after their death... It was beautiful.
Now as for Adam Stubbs' narration... All I can say is that it was PHENOMENAL.
The tones, voices, inflections, emotions... Wow! What a performance that was. He raised this book to a higher level for sure.
The only reason I shaved off a quarter of a star was Axios and the King's relationship. For me, the effect the king had on Axios was too much and not really understandable.